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Merck Wins 1st State Court Fosamax Trial

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- The first state court trial alleging jaw injuries from Fosamax yielded a win for the defense on Feb. 14 in the Atlantic County, N.J., Superior Court ( Alison Rosenberg v. Merck, Sharpe & Dohme Corp. , No. ATL-L-3644-08, N.J...

Published Mon, Feb 14 2011 3:13 PM by Tom Moylan

Filed under: lawsuit, litigation, torts, personal injury, osteonecrosis of the jaw, Fosamax, product liability, mass tort, Alison Rosenberg, Alison Rosenberg v. Merck Sharpe & Dohme
Supreme Court Hears Arguments On Jurisdiction For Fatal Bus Crash

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 11 heard oral arguments regarding the proper jurisdiction for a tire manufacturer that produced a product that allegedly caused a fatal bus accident in France that killed a pair of North...

Published Tue, Jan 11 2011 4:30 PM by Christopher Bauer

Filed under: lawsuit, litigation, torts, personal injury, Supreme Court, product liability, jurisdiction, Goodyear Turkey, Goodyear France, Goodyear Luxembourg, Edgar D. Brown, Goodyear Dunlap Tires Operations, fatal bus accident, Karen M. Helms, Pamela Brown, Goodyear Dunlap Tires Operations v. Edgar D. Brown, tire manufacturer
Toxic Tort Attorney Margie Searcy Alford On E. Coli Poisoning Litigation

In this analysis, toxic tort and product liability attorney Margie Searcy Alford looks at the most important E. Coli opinions handed down over the past several years and gives practice tips for handling these cases. Issues discussed include: diversity...

Published Thu, Jan 6 2011 10:19 PM by Margie Searcy Alford

Filed under: lawsuit, litigation, torts, personal injury, product liability, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC, food poisoning, foodborne illness, Margie Searcy Alford, E. coli
Minnesota Panel Lets Marlboro Lights Class Action Proceed

MINNEAPOLIS - (Mealey's) A lawsuit alleging that Philip Morris USA used deceptive trade practices and false advertising to market its Marlboro Lights cigarettes may proceed in Minnesota as a class action, the state Court of Appeals ruled Dec. 28,...

Published Wed, Dec 29 2010 11:35 PM by Michael Lefkowitz

Filed under: litigation, torts, class action, personal injury, tobacco, Philip Morris, cigarettes, smoking, Altria, Marlboro lights, deceptive trade practices, United States v. Philip Morris USA Inc., class certification, Gregory Curtis v. Altria Group, false advertising
W.Va. High Court: State Consumer Law Doesn’t Apply To Drug Cases

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - (Mealey's) The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals on Dec. 17 ruled that plaintiffs must show reliance and ascertainable loss in state consumer fraud cases and said the state law does not apply to prescription drugs ( Shirley...

Published Mon, Dec 20 2010 11:41 AM by Tom Moylan

Filed under: litigation, torts, class action, personal injury, Wyeth, West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, Ketchum, drug cases, consumer law, hormone replacement drugs, West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act, WVCCPA, Shirley White v. Wyeth
Jury Awards Total Of $152 Million In Case Alleging Distribution Of Cigarettes To Children

BOSTON - (Mealey's) A Massachusetts jury added $81 million in punitive damages on Dec. 16 to the $71 million in compensatory damages it had awarded two days earlier to the estate and only son of a woman who said she began smoking free Newport cigarettes...

Published Fri, Dec 17 2010 11:45 AM by Michael Lefkowitz

Filed under: lawsuit, litigation, punitive damages, torts, personal injury, tobacco, Massachusetts, cigarettes, smoking, Lorillard, product liability, Roxbury, Marie Evans, jury verdict, Boston, Newport, Willie Evans
Jury Awards $71M In Case Alleging Distribution Of Cigarettes To Children

BOSTON -- (Mealey's) A Massachusetts jury awarded $71 million in compensatory damages on Dec. 14 to the estate and only son of a woman who said she began smoking free Newport cigarettes handed out in her neighborhood by Lorillard Tobacco Co., according...

Published Wed, Dec 15 2010 2:38 PM by Michael Lefkowitz

Filed under: lawsuit, litigation, punitive damages, torts, toxic torts, personal injury, tobacco, Massachusetts, cigarettes, Lorillard, jury award, Newports, Roxbury, Will Evans v. Lorillard Tobacco Company, Marie Evans, Will Evans
$30 Million Verdict In Engle Progeny Suit Survives Florida Appeal

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - (Mealey's) A $30 million verdict to the widow of a longtime smoker of Lucky Strikes, the largest post- Engle verdict when it was announced, was affirmed Dec. 14 in a Florida appeals court ( R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company v. Matilde...

Published Tue, Dec 14 2010 4:23 PM by Michael Lefkowitz

Filed under: lawsuit, litigation, punitive damages, torts, personal injury, Engle v. Liggett Group, Engle, tobacco, cigarettes, R.J. Reynolds, product liability, Benny Martin, Lucky Strikes, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company v. Matilde C. Martin, Matilde C. Martin
Zicam Maker Settles 2,100 Smell/Taste Injury Claims For $15.5M

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- (Mealey's) Zicam maker Matrixx Initiatives Inc. on Dec. 14 said it has agreed to settle about 2,100 claims by people who claim to have lost their sense of smell or taste from the company's zinc-based nasal cold remedy gel...

Published Tue, Dec 14 2010 4:02 PM by Tom Moylan

Filed under: lawsuit, litigation, torts, personal injury, Food and Drug Administration, product liability, taste, smell, Matrixx Initiatives, Zicam, anosmia, cold remedy
U.S. Supreme Court To Decide Whether Claims About Generic Drugs Are Preempted

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- (Mealey's) The U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 10 agreed to decide whether the Hatch Waxman Act prevents manufacturers of generic drugs from adding new warnings to drug labels as new risks become known ( Pliva, Inc. v. Gladys Mensing...

Published Mon, Dec 13 2010 2:38 PM by Tom Moylan

Filed under: litigation, U.S. Supreme Court, torts, personal injury, Actavis Elizabeth, product liability, drug labels, Inc. v. Gladys Mensing, metoclopramide, Parkinson's disease, Hatch Waxman Act, Pliva, tardive dyskinesia, generic drugs, LLC v. Gladys Mensing, Pliva Inc., Gladys Mensing, Reglan
Neurontin MDL Judge Grants Summary Judgment Against All But 2 Class Plaintiffs

BOSTON - (Mealey's) The Massachusetts federal judge overseeing the Neurontin multidistrict litigation on Dec. 10 granted summary judgment against all but two class action plaintiffs after finding no direct evidence that Pfizer Inc.'s off-label...

Published Fri, Dec 10 2010 4:19 PM by Tom Moylan

Filed under: lawsuit, litigation, torts, personal injury, multidistrict litigation, Pfizer, RICO, product liability, off-label marketing, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, Neurontin, Warner-Lambert Co., bipolar disorder, In Re: Neurontin Marketing Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation, New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act
Jury Awards $1.8 Million To Plaintiff In First Levaquin MDL Bellwether Trial

MINNEAPOLIS - (Mealey's) A Minnesota federal jury on Dec. 8 awarded a plaintiff in the first Levaquin multidistrict litigation bellwether trial a total of $1,815,000 in compensatory and punitive damages after finding that manufacturer Ortho-McNeil...

Published Thu, Dec 9 2010 11:36 AM by Tom Moylan

Filed under: lawsuit, litigation, punitive damages, torts, FDA, personal injury, compensatory damages, multidistrict litigation, Johnson & Johnson, product liability, trial, Levaquin, In Re: Levaquin Products Liability Litigation, Minnesota Consumer Fraud Act, John Schedin, fluoroquinolone, Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, antibiotic
Federal Lawsuits Involving DePuy Hip Replacement Parts Consolidated In Ohio

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - It was announced this weekend that federal cases involving allegedly defective hip implant parts manufactured by DePuy Orthopaedics , a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, will be consolidated in federal court in the Northern District...

Published Wed, Dec 8 2010 5:03 PM by LexisNexis Tort Law Community Staff

Filed under: lawsuit, litigation, torts, personal injury, Johnson & Johnson, product liability, Judge David A. Katz, DePuy Orthopaedics, ASR XL Acetabular, Rhon Jones, ASR Resurfacing, Navan Ward, hip implant, Beasley Allen
D.C. Circuit: E-Cigarettes Are Tobacco Products, Not Medical Devices

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) Electronic cigarettes, which deliver a dose of nicotine vapor without flame or smoke, are for regulatory purposes tobacco products, not medical devices, the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Dec...

Published Wed, Dec 8 2010 11:16 AM by Michael Lefkowitz

Filed under: lawsuit, litigation, torts, FDCA, Food Drug and Cosmetic Act, FDA, personal injury, Food and Drug Administration, tobacco, Supreme Court, cigarettes, smoking, product liability, medical devices, Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009, District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, Sottera Inc., electronic cigarettes, NJOY, Sottera Inc. v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration, FDA v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., Smoking Everywhere Inc.
Virginia Federal Jury Says Woman Didn't Prove Prempro Warnings Were Inadequate

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - (Mealey's) A Virginia federal jury on Dec. 3 found that a woman who claimed to have developed breast cancer from taking Wyeth's Prempro hormone replacement therapy drug did not prove that warnings provided to her doctor were...

Published Fri, Dec 3 2010 4:10 PM by Tom Moylan

Filed under: litigation, torts, personal injury, hormone replacement therapy, breast cancer, Prempro, Wyeth, product liability, trial, Georgia Torkie-Tork, drug, Georgia Torkie-Tork v. Wyeth, warnings, progestin, estrogen, menopause

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Merck Wins 1st State Court Fosamax Trial

Supreme Court Hears Arguments On Jurisdiction For Fatal Bus Crash

Toxic Tort Attorney Margie Searcy Alford On E. Coli Poisoning Litigation

Minnesota Panel Lets Marlboro Lights Class Action Proceed

W.Va. High Court: State Consumer Law Doesn’t Apply To Drug Cases

Jury Awards Total Of $152 Million In Case Alleging Distribution Of Cigarettes To Children

Jury Awards $71M In Case Alleging Distribution Of Cigarettes To Children

$30 Million Verdict In Engle Progeny Suit Survives Florida Appeal

Zicam Maker Settles 2,100 Smell/Taste Injury Claims For $15.5M

U.S. Supreme Court To Decide Whether Claims About Generic Drugs Are Preempted

Neurontin MDL Judge Grants Summary Judgment Against All But 2 Class Plaintiffs

Jury Awards $1.8 Million To Plaintiff In First Levaquin MDL Bellwether Trial

Federal Lawsuits Involving DePuy Hip Replacement Parts Consolidated In Ohio

D.C. Circuit: E-Cigarettes Are Tobacco Products, Not Medical Devices

Virginia Federal Jury Says Woman Didn't Prove Prempro Warnings Were Inadequate